Visited the Marine Corps Mechanized Museum aboard Camp Pendleton yesterday. One of my favorite things in there was this cherried-out Marine Corps used “govie” Dodge A100 van. Unsure of the year, but it would be in the range of 64-70. Per Wikipedia- The A100 competed with the Ford Econoline and Chevrolet Van and Chevy Corvair Greenbrier, as well as the Volkswagen Type 2. The range included a pickup truck and van, both with a "forward control" design. Placing the driver on top of the front axle with the engine near the front wheels is called a "cab over" vehicle. The nose was flat, with the engine placed between the driver and passenger, who sat above the front axle. The unibody vehicles used a short, 90 in (2,300 mm) wheelbase. #A100#Dodge#dodgevan#cherriedout#governmentvehicle#govie#offtheshelf#USMC#USMarines#CampPendleton#MarineCorpsMechanizedMuseum

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Designed by KIN, a research and design partnership with Kaethe Selkirk. The stand was designed to be simple, light, and easy to use. We wanted a mobile surface for drinking coffee in the bedroom, reading in the living room, storage in bathroom, or workspace in the kitchen -- all depending on our needs in the moment. We built using off-the-shelf materials. The entire system cost about $30. We hope that you enjoy this design and we welcome you build and adapt it for your own needs. (More on the website. Link in bio.)

A good friend recommended this book to me (Erin). It is a straightforward, first hand account about what it is like ministering to gangs and gang members. The stories are gut-wrenching and powerful. Justice, grace, the gospel, and the dogged grit of restorative love are addressed realistically and with poignancy in each chapter. This book does not sugar-coat the intersections of faith and suffering. I recommend it for anyone who wants to drill down on these issues or what it means to really love God and love neighbor. #offtheshelf#plumwoodcottage

Tonight I wanted to highlight some of the available #offtheshelf#vegan items available at your local #grocerystore. There are so many pre-packaged #nomeats and cannned/jarred products available. Like everything else its a matter of trial and error, reading product reviews and recommendations. I really don’t have to sacrifice on this diet. It takes a little more planning and maybe more prep but its so worth it! #spaghetti with #pasta and a #salad.#normal

One more piece, I said, three pages ago. Finally got round to reading this collection of beautiful odes to bookshops (thanks, K. You know me well 😘). It's such a thin volume but I stop after reading certain poems to mull and playback how the words sound around my teeth. Sometimes I pause after a particularly satisfying stanza, just to give it the smiley version of a standing ovation. I really should get some shut eye. After the next one, maybe (not just one). What poems do you find irresistable? #OfftheShelf#ACelebrationofBookshopsinVerse#CarolAnnDuffy#ShoretoShore#Picador#UK

"The eye was remarkable, big and dark and liquid, gentle and yet male." * Sometimes you just want to relax into your reading chair with an oldie-but-a-goodie that doesn't tax you emotionally, yet will still take you places you've not been before. In this case, it was to a travelling circus in Austria, circa early 1960s, where a sad old stallion provides the turning point of the novel with a performance the High Art 'airs above the ground' from the Vienna Spanish Riding School repertoire. Classic Mary Stewart, first published in 1965. * #marystewart#mysterynovel#offtheshelf#easyreading#horsestory#horselove#spanishridingschool#strongheroine#booksandreading#instabooks